{"id":38708,"date":"2026-09-27T16:08:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T12:38:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/pakistani-army-conducts-1st-firing-from-submarine-video\/"},"modified":"2026-09-27T16:08:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T12:38:17","slug":"pakistani-army-conducts-1st-firing-from-submarine-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/pakistani-army-conducts-1st-firing-from-submarine-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistani army conducts 1st firing from submarine (+VIDEO)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/6193258.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" class=\"item-text\">\n<p>Roughly five months after reports emerged regarding Pakistan&#8217;s acquiring of eight Chinese submarines, Islamabad announced that the vessel had successfully conducted \u00a0its maiden live weapon firing.<\/p>\n<p>According to local Pakistani Dawn EN newspaper, the Hangor-class submarine arrived at Karachi Port in June, underscoring the deepening strategic defence cooperation between Pakistan and China.<\/p>\n<div>\n <video controls=\"controls\" height=\"300\" width=\"400\" data-source='[{\"file\": \"https:\/\/media.mehrnews.com\/d\/2026\/09\/27\/1\/6193260_180p.mp4?ts=1790512488426\", \"label\": \"180p\"}, {\"file\": \"https:\/\/media.mehrnews.com\/d\/2026\/09\/27\/2\/6193260_270p.mp4?ts=1790512488426\", \"label\": \"270p\", \"default\": \"true\"}]' poster=\"https:\/\/media.mehrnews.com\/d\/2026\/09\/27\/0\/6193260_thumb.jpg?ts=1790512488426\"><source src=\"https:\/\/media.mehrnews.com\/d\/2026\/09\/27\/0\/6193260.mp4?ts=1790512488426\" type=\"video\/mp4\"><\/source><\/video>\n<\/div>\n<p>Terming it a \u201cmajor demonstration of operational readiness\u201d, the army said the newly inducted PNS\/M HANGOR accurately engaged a \u201cdesignated long-range target with an anti-ship cruise missile\u201d during the weapon firing exercise.<\/p>\n<p>\u200bChief of the Naval Staff Admiral Naveed Ashraf witnessed the firing, praising the submarine\u2019s combat power and emphasising the \u201cstrategic importance of enhancing subsurface capabilities for credible maritime deterrence\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe milestone underscores the Pakistan Navy\u2019s commitment to maintaining a modern, combat-ready force to safeguard national maritime frontiers and regional peace,\u201d the army highlighted.<\/p>\n<p>MNA\/FNA1790503429457938903<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/en.mehrnews.com\/news\/248124\/Pakistani-army-conducts-1st-firing-from-submarine-VIDEO\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Roughly five months after reports emerged regarding Pakistan&#8217;s acquiring of eight Chinese submarines, Islamabad announced that the vessel had successfully conducted \u00a0its maiden live weapon firing. According to local Pakistani Dawn EN newspaper, the Hangor-class submarine arrived at Karachi Port in June, underscoring the deepening strategic defence cooperation between Pakistan and China. Terming it a &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38709,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-asia-pacific"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38708"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38708\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}